Trump, tariff refund and stimulus check
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( The Hill) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that “working families” would receive the $2,000 tariff checks proposed by President Trump. “ [The dividends] would be for working families. We will have an income limit,” Bessent told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures.
President Trump's informal proposal to redirect tariff revenue into payouts for American taxpayers would provide short-term benefits but pave the way for numerous long-term problems.
Traders bet against Trump tariff policies as prediction markets reflect growing doubt over $2,000 stimulus checks funded by trade revenue, odds plummet to 5%.
President Donald Trump posted that Americans will receive $2,000 stimulus checks from tariff dividends. Here's what we know so far about the checks.